WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden reported raising $21.5 million for his presidential campaign in the second quarter. That has the former vice president trailing Pete Buttigieg, who was virtually unknown a few months ago. Biden’s campaign announced his second quarter fundraising total on Wednesday. Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, reported raising $24.8 million in the quarter, $3 million more than Biden.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is insisting that he is not dropping efforts to include a citizenship question on the upcoming 2020 census, even as the U.S. Census Bureau has started the process of printing the questionnaire without the controversial query. Trump says in a tweet Wednesday that, “News Reports about the Department of Commerce dropping its quest to put the Citizenship Question on the Census is incorrect or, to state it differently, FAKE!” He says, “We are absolutely moving forward.”
WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia says it expects the federal government to pay for any damage to roads caused by military tanks and other heavy vehicles brought to city for President Donald Trump’s Fourth of July event. Kevin Donahue, the city’s deputy mayor for public safety, tells The Associated Press that civil engineers will assess roads and bridges after the holiday to determine if there’s been damage.
The long standoff in South Heights is finally over. Beaver County Radio News correspondent Sandy Giordano has the update…
Planning a getaway over the 4th of July weekend? Jim Garrity of AAA has some tips for those among the millions projected to be on the read beginning today. Beaver County Radio News Intern, Kristian Biega, has more on the story…
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — The owner of an alligator that escaped from a Pittsburgh home last month is facing charges stemming from the discovery of numerous animals at the residence. Police filed 33 counts of neglect against Mark McGowan on Tuesday, along with single counts of animal cruelty and recklessly endangering another person. Authorities started investigating McGowan after “Chomp,” a 5-foot (1.52-meter)-long alligator, was found along a city street June 6. A few days later, they removed 32 animals from the home.
Pennsylvania is moving to replace the federally operated Healthcare.gov with its own website to sell Affordable Care Act-compliant policies in a bid to get more people into it and lower their costs. Gov. Tom Wolf signed legislation Tuesday after it passed the Legislature unanimously last week. The administration says it expects it can lower premiums by 5% to 10% for the 400,000 people who buy policies in the marketplace. Wolf’s insurance commissioner, Jessica Altman, said the savings can especially help the roughly 80,000 people who buy policies through Healthcare.gov, but whose incomes are too high to qualify for a federal tax subsidy.
A woman who gave a waitress in Clearwater, Florida a $5,000 tip was arrested after using her boyfriend’s credit card, according to authorities. 24-year-old Serina Wolfe of Buffalo, N.Y., was upset that he wouldn’t buy her a plane ticket to New York, according to an arrest affidavit. Initial reports said she left the generous tip for a waitress grieving the loss of her dog. Deputies said he initially put a hold on the card so she couldn’t buy a plane ticket, but once he lifted the hold, she gave the $5,000 tip. Wolfe denied making the purchase. Then her boyfriend reported the charge to his credit card company as fraudulent, saying he believed she was drunk or trying to get back at him. Clear Sky Cafe, where the tip was given, was notified the purchase was fraudulent Monday, but they had already paid out their waitress for the amount of $5,000 for the tip and $55.37 for the food. Wolfe voluntarily handed over the card she used to deputies and was arrested for grand theft. It is unclear at this time whether or not the server will get to keep the money.
A naked man was spotted sitting on the pavement outside the courthouse downtown. A public safety officer said that a man took his clothes off in front of Juvenile Court to protest an unknown cause around 2:30 p.m. today. He reportedly covered his genitals and did not expose himself to anyone. No children were reportedly present at the time. When police told him to put his clothes back on, he did. He was not arrested.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republicans who control Pennsylvania’s Senate are warning that they’ll reassign the duties of Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman as the chamber’s presiding officer if he defies the chamber’s rules again. Republicans issued the two-page letter publicly Tuesday. It came six days after the chamber devolved into shouting, name-calling and bare-knuckled procedural tactics over a Republican bill to end a decades-old program that temporarily offers $200 a month to people deemed unable to work.